Madonna: I was held at gunpoint, raped

12:10 AM,
Oct. 5, 2013

Madonna covers the November issue of 'Harper's Bazaar.

Written by

Haley Blum
USA TODAY

Madonna reveals in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar that she was held up at gunpoint and raped during her early days in New York.

In a first person essay for the magazine's "Daring Issue," the star writes:

"New York wasn't everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don't know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time." ...